BI FOLD DOORS WITHIN THE FAMILY ROOM BRING THE OUTSIDE IN.
The design The home was designed as a fun, light, bright, contemporary family home with a strong relation- ship to the outside spaces. The house is arranged with the main family living accommo- dation linking with the garden via south facing bi-fold doors, which take up a large proportion of the front elevation. A formal living room and home office along with bedroom accommoda- tion are located at the rear of the site looking onto a smaller courtyard garden. The master bedroom and en suite have been constructed within the roof space of the house where the sloping ceilings create a surprisingly spacious master suite. Externally the house is of traditional brick construction with a feature wall of stone guiding visitors to the main entrance. Local craftsmen and suppliers enabled a high-quality family home to be constructed very cost effectively. A bespoke kitchen, staircase and front door were included to give the house a more unique look. As architects we were keen that the house
would be used to research numerous elements including cost effective, sustainable and energy efficient products. We were keen to investigate how a commercially viable budget could be used to create a contemporary, sustainable, useable home. We chose to construct the house to achieve a Code for Sustainable Homes level 3 rating including Secure by Design and Lifetime Homes accreditation. The property was devel- oped to achieve a 25 per cent betterment on building regulations energy use. This has been done by increasing the efficiency of the wall,
floor and roof insulation, installing higher per- formance glazing in the windows, and installing a solar hot water heating system and energy effi- cient boiler (with heat exchanger) to supply the under floor heating system. A substantially reduced water consumption
has been achieved by including the use of rainwater harvesting to flush the toilets and low flow taps. Other keys aspects of the code and house
include good day lighting, generous internal and external storage areas, and defined space for refuse and recycling. This illustrates our understanding of what makes a house a home and how contemporary sustainable design can create useable, functional but interesting buildings. Whilst these features seem fairly common sense they are often overlooked, especially when considering typical house builder offerings.
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• Architects: Hunter Architects & Planners • Insulation: Quinn Glass • Windows: SAPA • Hot Water System: Alpha Innovations (Boiler & Solar Hot Water) • Underfloor heating: Speedfit • Rainwater Harvesting/Sprinkler: Homesafe
• Kitchen: Bespoke by Cheshire Interiors • Staircase: Bespoke by joiner • Front Door: SAPA
RAINWATER HARVESTING USED TO FLUSH THE TOILETS
the property was developed to achieve a 25 per cent betterment on building regulations energy use
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